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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Graph plotting horsepower against RPM, comparing a water brake test with a dynamometer test at the road wheels.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 19\4\  Scan314
Date  4th May 1931 guessed
  
H.P.
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
R.P.M.
500
750
1000
1250
1500
1750
2000
2250
2500
2750
3000
UNIT TEST ON HEENAN, FROUDE WATER BRAKE, WITH STANDARD SILENCER WITHOUT CUT-OUT.
DYNAMOMETER TEST AT ROAD WHEELS WITH STANDARD EQUIPMENT AS ABOVE.
  
  


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